Number and percentage distribution of public school students, by percentage of students in school who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, school level, locale, and student race/ethnicity: 2012-13

School level, locale, and student race/ethnicity

Number of students, by percent of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch

Percentage distribution of students, by percent of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch

Total1

0 to 25.0 percent

25.1 to 50.0 percent

50.1 to 75.0 percent

More than 75.0 percent

Missing/school does not participate

Total1

0 to 25.0 percent

25.1 to 50.0 percent

50.1 to 75.0 percent

More than 75.0 percent

Missing/school does not participate

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Total2

49,460,400

10,168,747

13,775,260

13,422,528

11,705,070

388,795

100.0

20.6

27.9

27.1

23.7

0.8

White

25,238,826

7,357,513

9,113,924

6,631,280

1,935,989

200,120

100.0

29.2

36.1

26.3

7.7

0.8

Black

7,745,244

563,321

1,299,845

2,293,251

3,519,281

69,546

100.0

7.3

16.8

29.6

45.4

0.9

Hispanic

12,028,116

984,852

2,152,154

3,392,301

5,412,186

86,623

100.0

8.2

17.9

28.2

45.0

0.7

Asian

2,358,015

889,757

610,835

476,139

368,439

12,845

100.0

37.7

25.9

20.2

15.6

0.5

Pacific Islander

179,353

20,740

48,516

63,398

45,827

872

100.0

11.6

27.1

35.3

25.6

0.5

American Indian/Alaska Native

528,024

44,583

118,037

167,857

190,600

6,947

100.0

8.4

22.4

31.8

36.1

1.3

Two or more races

1,382,822

307,981

431,949

398,302

232,748

11,842

100.0

22.3

31.2

28.8

16.8

0.9

School level3

Elementary4

31,884,623

6,041,786

7,807,072

8,698,853

9,118,969

217,943

100.0

18.9

24.5

27.3

28.6

0.7

White

15,835,631

4,377,965

5,206,629

4,565,921

1,577,539

107,577

100.0

27.6

32.9

28.8

10.0

0.7

Black

5,002,578

296,581

677,951

1,319,711

2,671,209

37,126

100.0

5.9

13.6

26.4

53.4

0.7

Hispanic

8,116,562

566,852

1,202,014

2,081,648

4,209,749

56,299

100.0

7.0

14.8

25.6

51.9

0.7

Asian

1,509,084

560,187

360,118

297,327

285,920

5,532

100.0

37.1

23.9

19.7

18.9

0.4

Pacific Islander

114,147

11,792

25,735

39,653

36,483

484

100.0

10.3

22.5

34.7

32.0

0.4

American Indian/Alaska Native

329,118

22,555

59,540

104,661

138,493

3,869

100.0

6.9

18.1

31.8

42.1

1.2

Two or more races

977,503

205,854

275,085

289,932

199,576

7,056

100.0

21.1

28.1

29.7

20.4

0.7

Secondary5

15,640,768

3,792,857

5,475,980

4,108,112

2,134,906

128,913

100.0

24.2

35.0

26.3

13.6

0.8

White

8,385,889

2,747,671

3,570,868

1,727,759

272,283

67,308

100.0

32.8

42.6

20.6

3.2

0.8

Black

2,356,184

232,459

575,796

856,361

665,001

26,567

100.0

9.9

24.4

36.3

28.2

1.1

Hispanic

3,521,681

380,521

877,394

1,187,634

1,051,218

24,914

100.0

10.8

24.9

33.7

29.8

0.7

Asian

793,635

314,672

233,386

166,408

74,617

4,552

100.0

39.6

29.4

21.0

9.4

0.6

Pacific Islander

57,227

7,984

20,903

20,823

7,246

271

100.0

14.0

36.5

36.4

12.7

0.5

American Indian/Alaska Native

165,802

18,699

53,172

53,595

38,249

2,087

100.0

11.3

32.1

32.3

23.1

1.3

Two or more races

360,350

90,851

144,461

95,532

26,292

3,214

100.0

25.2

40.1

26.5

7.3

0.9

School locale

City

15,013,618

1,967,769

3,053,312

3,835,501

5,996,218

160,818

100.0

13.1

20.3

25.5

39.9

1.1

White

4,563,312

1,104,514

1,545,655

1,208,967

638,933

65,243

100.0

24.2

33.9

26.5

14.0

1.4

Black

3,629,084

182,773

421,497

898,141

2,080,615

46,058

100.0

5.0

11.6

24.7

57.3

1.3

Hispanic

5,200,559

296,980

700,188

1,316,877

2,850,825

35,689

100.0

5.7

13.5

25.3

54.8

0.7

Asian

999,089

284,489

228,677

233,514

246,528

5,881

100.0

28.5

22.9

23.4

24.7

0.6

Pacific Islander

61,822

6,128

12,939

21,201

21,161

393

100.0

9.9

20.9

34.3

34.2

0.6

American Indian/Alaska Native

112,122

12,400

25,533

31,432

41,356

1,401

100.0

11.1

22.8

28.0

36.9

1.2

Two or more races

447,630

80,485

118,823

125,369

116,800

6,153

100.0

18.0

26.5

28.0

26.1

1.4

Suburban

19,636,540

6,288,500

5,663,282

4,182,027

3,381,008

121,723

100.0

32.0

28.8

21.3

17.2

0.6

White

10,288,900

4,642,581

3,438,874

1,647,708

499,865

59,872

100.0

45.1

33.4

16.0

4.9

0.6

Black

2,677,398

314,620

636,420

865,986

842,815

17,557

100.0

11.8

23.8

32.3

31.5

0.7

Hispanic

4,755,390

568,590

1,018,896

1,295,855

1,837,953

34,096

100.0

12.0

21.4

27.3

38.6

0.7

Asian

1,160,049

547,341

315,262

188,342

103,020

6,084

100.0

47.2

27.2

16.2

8.9

0.5

Pacific Islander

75,122

12,155

24,542

21,908

16,190

327

100.0

16.2

32.7

29.2

21.6

0.4

American Indian/Alaska Native

94,281

18,515

32,800

25,600

16,639

727

100.0

19.6

34.8

27.2

17.6

0.8

Two or more races

585,400

184,698

196,488

136,628

64,526

3,060

100.0

31.6

33.6

23.3

11.0

0.5

Town

5,670,361

437,339

1,833,627

2,270,349

1,085,023

44,023

100.0

7.7

32.3

40.0

19.1

0.8

White

3,708,893

375,100

1,491,523

1,483,619

331,333

27,318

100.0

10.1

40.2

40.0

8.9

0.7

Black

581,543

11,966

63,784

226,297

277,452

2,044

100.0

2.1

11.0

38.9

47.7

0.4

Hispanic

1,009,795

27,179

173,026

405,819

393,255

10,516

100.0

2.7

17.1

40.2

38.9

1.0

Asian

73,472

8,259

26,159

28,755

9,949

350

100.0

11.2

35.6

39.1

13.5

0.5

Pacific Islander

24,704

704

6,353

13,163

4,407

77

100.0

2.8

25.7

53.3

17.8

0.3

American Indian/Alaska Native

124,680

4,932

27,260

47,793

42,130

2,565

100.0

4.0

21.9

38.3

33.8

2.1

Two or more races

147,274

9,199

45,522

64,903

26,497

1,153

100.0

6.2

30.9

44.1

18.0

0.8

Rural

9,139,881

1,475,139

3,225,039

3,134,651

1,242,821

62,231

100.0

16.1

35.3

34.3

13.6

0.7

White

6,677,721

1,235,318

2,637,872

2,290,986

465,858

47,687

100.0

18.5

39.5

34.3

7.0

0.7

Black

857,219

53,962

178,144

302,827

318,399

3,887

100.0

6.3

20.8

35.3

37.1

0.5

Hispanic

1,062,372

92,103

260,044

373,750

330,153

6,322

100.0

8.7

24.5

35.2

31.1

0.6

Asian

125,405

49,668

40,737

25,528

8,942

530

100.0

39.6

32.5

20.4

7.1

0.4

Pacific Islander

17,705

1,753

4,682

7,126

4,069

75

100.0

9.9

26.4

40.2

23.0

0.4

American Indian/Alaska Native

196,941

8,736

32,444

63,032

90,475

2,254

100.0

4.4

16.5

32.0

45.9

1.1

Two or more races

202,518

33,599

71,116

71,402

24,925

1,476

100.0

16.6

35.1

35.3

12.3

0.7

1 Includes students enrolled in schools that did not report free or reduced-price lunch eligibility.

2 Excludes 13,630 students whose race/ethnicity was not available. Includes students who attended combined elementary/secondary schools and schools not reported by grade span, which are not shown separately.

3 Combined elementary/secondary schools and schools not reported by grade span are not shown separately.

4 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.

5 Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.

NOTE: Students with household incomes under 185 percent of the poverty threshold are eligible for free or reduced price lunch under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). In addition, some groups of children–such as foster children, children participating in the Head Start and Migrant Education programs, and children receiving services under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act–are assumed to be categorically eligible to participate in the NSLP. Also, under the Community Eligibility option, some nonpoor children who attend school in a low-income area may participate if the district decides that it would be more efficient to provide free lunch to all children in the school. For more information, see http://www.fns.usda.gov/nslp/national-school-lunch-program-nslp. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2012-13. (This table was prepared December 2014.)